Ambassador Ion Jinga, Permanent Representative of Romania, signed the Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority , in the presence of the Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General, Bjørn Berge and the Council of Europe Congress Secretary General Mathieu Mori. The Congress welcomes this signature, which follows on from Recommendation 494 (2023) on the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government by Romania, which has been a party to the Charter since 1998. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is an institution of the Council of Europe, responsible for strengthening local and regional democracy in its 46 member states. Composed of two chambers – the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions – and three committees, it brings together 612 elected officials representing more than 130 000 local and regional authorities. President of the Congress: Leendert Verbeek (Netherlands, SOC/G/PD), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities: Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE), President of the Chamber of Regions: Harald Sonderegger (Austria, EPP/CCE).Political groups: Group of Socialists, Greens and Progressive Democrats (SOC/G/PD), Group of the European Peoples Party (EPP/CCE), Independent Liberal and Democratic Group (ILDG), European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR).
The 22nd edition of the Bucharest International Film Festival – BIFF will present eight films in its International Competition section, seven of which will be screened in Romania for the first time. The only exception is the Romanian-Moldovan production The Circle by Valeriu Andriuță. The international competition includes Everytime, directed by Sandra Wollner; 17, by […]
The two parties backed each other’s candidates under a parliamentary cooperation agreement, according to media reports. The two positions became vacant following a ruling by the Constitutional Court. The two candidacies were approved by the joint bureaus of the two chambers of Parliament, News.ro...
Moldova’s Defence Ministry, cited by Deschide.md, said the Shahed entered Moldovan airspace at 16:20 from the direction of Slavianorebca in Ukraine and flew towards Bender, crossing the Transnistrian region. It then headed towards central Moldova, passing near Chisinau and disrupting the landing of several aircraft...
Dacia has sold 210,000 Spring electric cars since 2021, but has failed to fully benefit from the recent growth of the electric vehicle market in France, its most important market, Reuters reported, as quoted by Economedia.ro. ...
Despite some positive developments concerning water levels in the upper reaches and tributaries of the Danube, the forecast remains “reserved”, Bușoi said. “After September 15, we will make a new assessment, but we expect things to be possible only towards the end of September,” he said. Cernavodă NPP shut down its second reactor on August […]
According to a government statement, the discussions took place against the backdrop of Romania’s current political and economic situation and focused mainly on the evolution of public finances, the outlook for the budget deficit, the state’s financing costs, the absorption of European funds, and the need to continue fiscal consolidation and the reforms already under […]
